Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
  • A47B47/00—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features related to dismountability or building-up from elements
  • A47B47/04—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features related to dismountability or building-up from elements made mainly of wood or plastics
  • A47B47/05—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features related to dismountability or building-up from elements made mainly of wood or plastics with panels on a separate frame, e.g. a metal frame
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
  • A47B87/00—Sectional furniture, i.e. combinations of complete furniture units, e.g. assemblies of furniture units of the same kind such as linkable cabinets, tables, racks or shelf units
  • A47B87/02—Sectional furniture, i.e. combinations of complete furniture units, e.g. assemblies of furniture units of the same kind such as linkable cabinets, tables, racks or shelf units stackable ; stackable and linkable
  • A47B87/0207—Stackable racks, trays or shelf units
  • A47B87/0246—Shelves stackable by means of separate vertical distance-holders therebetween
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
  • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
  • F16B12/00—Jointing of furniture or the like, e.g. hidden from exterior
  • F16B12/44—Leg joints; Corner joints
  • F16B12/46—Non-metal corner connections

Definitions

• the present invention has as its object a furniture structure for the formation of cabinets, bookcases and the like, which comprise a series of shelves eventually provided with divisions, doors, drawers, folders, showcases and similar elements that allow multiple functions.
• Known furniture of this type usually consists of a structure consisting of a series of corresponding parts that are assembled by tools and devices, using joining and fixing elements such as nails, rivets and others.
• the furniture structure forms a unique structure from which some components of it can be attached / decoupled, such as doors and others.
• the structure can be assembled by the user, but this requires the use of tools and / or devices, for the application of drills, nails, rivets, screwing, etc. This implies that the user has to use, and therefore have tools and means for fixing / securing the constituent components of the furniture structure.
• tools and / or devices for the application of drills, nails, rivets, screwing, etc.
• the user has to use, and therefore have tools and means for fixing / securing the constituent components of the furniture structure.
• there are some furniture that are sold to the public so that the user can assemble them with a minimum of tools / devices and elements such as nails, screws, etc., so that the furniture structure has sufficient strength, but they have the drawback that the user must use tools for assembly.
• the furniture structure for the formation of cabinets, bookcases and the like object of the present invention eliminates said inconveniences in the sense that the user needs to use tools for the assembly of the furniture structure in question.
• the furniture structure of the present invention does not require for its assembly that the user has to use tools.
• the present invention aims at a furniture structure for the formation of cabinets, bookcases and the like, which has a total solidity once assembled according to its structure and size, for which the present invention is based on the fact that different components of the furniture structure are directly coupled to each other by fitting, in combination with rigid frames of easy prior assembly that constitute the different horizontal levels of the furniture, which can be of the same or different height, which provide horizontal and solid strength. vertically, in cooperation with the mutual fittings of the structure components.
• each level of shelves and / or equivalents comprises both upper and lower frames that are provided with facing grooves between which the constituent boards fit of the sides and the bottom and of an inner shelf on which the constituent board of the lower and / or upper shelf is supported and fits, the assembly being delimited by both upper and lower end frames.
• said frames are constituted on the basis of an extruded hollow profile that constitutes the sides of the structure and which are fixed to each other at the corners by means of squares.
• said hollow profiles have a main portion of essentially H-shaped configuration that extends laterally constituting an intermediate hollow shelf, whose main portion in H defines paths opposite and inferiorly opposite grooves that constitute the facing grooves in which the upper boards fit and lower of each shelf level, and whose intermediate hollow shelf, in the assembly of the frame is disposed internally to the same, whose upper face constitutes the support and fitting shelf of the shelf constituent board and in whose hollow the branches are introduced of the L-squares that join the profiles of two adjacent sides at the corresponding corners.
• the opposite grooves of the main H-portion of the hollow profile comprise opposite guides in which it is attachable by an essentially U-profile provided with longitudinal flanges protruding externally from the branches whose U-profile is interlockable in the opposite guides.
• the upper groove of the H in two positions, a first inverted position in which the middle portion of the U-profile is positioned superiorly and is flush with the edges of said groove and of the shelf constituent board and a second normal position in the that said middle portion is positioned inferiorly and acts as a guide for a board constituting a sliding door of the shelf in question.
• the invention comprises essentially triangular brackets that are fixed inferiorly in each respective corner of the lower frame adjacent to the ground, in the space defined in the lower face of the intermediate hollow shelf of the hollow profile, whose brackets allow the fixing of support means inferiorly and / or rolling.
• the hollow profile can incorporate projecting pins in the opposite grooves of the H that fit in respective blind holes provided in the side and bottom shelves of the shelves, whose pin-drill cooperation improves the mutual coupling and the stability of the assembly.
• the present invention provides that each level of shelves and / or equivalents of the furniture structure has the same or different height, which implies that the corresponding boards between the two upper and lower frames of each level will have the same or different height.
• the furniture structure can comprise any number of levels, and therefore, the height of it can be as desired by the user.
• the levels of shelves and / or equivalents have the same and / or different height, the bottom, side and / or divisions between the upper and lower frames of the shelf having the corresponding height.
• the structure comprises the number of shelf levels and / or convenient equivalents, allowing to increase / decrease the number of levels, and thereby, the height by adding / removing levels.
• the constituent parts of the structure are assembled / disassembled directly by the user by simple coupling by fitting.
• Figure 1 is an exploded view of the Furniture structure of the present invention, illustrating two levels.
• Figure 2 is an exploded and fragmented view illustrating the fragmented main hollow profile constituting the frame of the furniture structure that defines the two opposite slots upper and lower and the intermediate hollow shelf, whose hollow profile forms two consecutive sides of the frame, the additional U-profile of the slide or support of the sliding door, the L-shaped bracket provided in each corner of each frame that fits in the corresponding hollow shelves, and the triangular square that is mounted inferiorly in each corner of the structure.
• Figure 3 is a perspective view illustrating the assembly of the furniture structure by the operator directly without the use of tools.
• Figure 4 is a sectional and fragmented view, taken in elevation, of the furniture structure, showing two levels of shelves.
• Figure 5 is a fragmented plan view showing the coupling in a corner of the L-squares to the main hollow profiles of the consecutive sides, and the lower triangular square.
• Figure 6 is a front perspective view of an embodiment of the assembled furniture structure.
• the structure of furniture for the formation of cabinets, bookcases and the like, object of the present invention is constituted based on a succession of superimposed shelves with the reference -E-, from the ground or lower -El- to the one located on the highest level -ES-.
• the furniture structure -M- of the invention comprises a plurality of frames -MA-, each level of shelves -El- to -ES- comprises both -MAS- upper and -MAI- lower frames.
• Said frames -MA- are provided with opposite slots upper -1- and lower -2- between which the boards -T- constituting the sides and the bottom fit and a hollow intermediate shelf -3- directed towards the inside of the frame -MA- which supports and fits the board -TE- constituting the lower and / or upper shelf.
• said frames -MA- are constituted based on a hollow main profile -P-, extruded which constitutes the sides of the frame -MA- for which they are fixed to each other at the corners by means of L -4- brackets.
• the aforementioned main hollow profiles -P- have a main portion essentially H-shaped that extends laterally constituting the intermediate hollow shelf -3-, whose main portion in H it defines paths opposite slots upper -1- and lower -2- that constitute the opposite grooves in which the upper and lower -T- boards fit side or bottom of the shelf, and whose intermediate hollow shelf -3-, in the assembly of the frame -MA- is arranged internally to it (see especially figures 4 and 5).
• the upper face -3A- of the shelf -3- constitutes the support and fitting shelf of the board -TE- constituting the shelf floor -E- and in whose recess -3B- the branches of the squares are inserted in L -4 - which join the profiles -P- of two adjacent sides at the corresponding corners (see figures 2 and 5).
• the opposite grooves -1-, -2- of the main H-portion of the hollow main profile -P- comprise opposite guides -5-, -5- in which an additional profile is essentially attachable in U -6- provided with longitudinally projecting external flanges of the branches whose additional profile in U -6- can be fitted in the opposite guides -5-, -5- of the upper groove -1- of the H in two positions, one first inverted position in which the middle portion of the additional U-6 profile is positioned superiorly and is flush with the edges of said groove -1- and of the board -TE- constituting the shelf floor -E-, see figure 4 , whose additional profile -6- is illustrated in an inverted position in the upper part of the upper shelf -ES-, and a second normal position in which said middle portion is positioned inferiorly illustrated in the same figure 4 in the lower frame of the lower shelf , Y which acts as a guide for a board constituting a sliding door -PD- of the shelf in question.
• the furniture structure -M- of the invention comprises essentially triangular squares -7- that are fixed inferiorly in a respective corner of the lower -MA- frame adjacent to the ground, in the space defined in the lower face of the intermediate hollow shelf - 3- (see bottom of figure 4 and figure 5). Additionally, said brackets -7- allow the lower fixing of support and / or rolling means. As illustrated in the figures, the intermediate hollow shelf -3-, the square in L -4- and the triangular square -7- are provided with respective matching holes -8- for fixing by screws -9- or similar. In addition, the triangular square -7- has a hole -loque allows the fixation of a support or wheel.
• the hollow profile -P- can incorporate spindles -11- in the opposite grooves -1-, -2- that fit in respective blind holes -12- provided in the edges of the side -T- and bottom shelves of the shelves -ES-, whose pin-drill cooperation -11 / 12- improves the mutual coupling and stability of the assembly.
• the present invention provides that the shelf levels -ES- have the same or different height, whereby the boards -T- have the corresponding height.
• the structure of Furniture can have any desired height, either based on the number of shelf levels and / or their height.
• the furniture structure of the present invention is easy to assemble / disassemble by the user directly, that is, without having to use tools, since the coupling of the different components of the structure is simply by fitting mutual.
• the material of the frames -MA- that constitute horizontal structures that define the shelves of the furniture can be of any convenient material, although preferably they are made of extruded metal but it could be made of plastic based on a hard, resistant and non-fragile resin .
• the bottom and side panels -T-, and those that constitute the floor -TE- of each shelf level can be of any convenient material, even agglomerated with the faces provided with respective veneered coatings.
• the furniture structure object of the present invention allows the formation, assembly / disassembly by the user of any type of furniture, whether closet, bookcase or any other that the user wants, all without using tools.

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